Mainstream cinema is ruining audience taste, says Naseeruddin Shah | Hindi Film News
Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah is one of the most progressive artists in Indian cinema. So when he speaks about something, the world sits to take notice.
The senior actor donned the director’s hat for the second time with the recently released short film ‘Man Woman’. man and woman” feel that mainstream Indian cinema has not fulfilled its responsibility as an artistic medium.
“Mainstream cinema in our country has spoiled the taste buds of the audience forever. Satyajit the director,” he said in an interview with a news portal. Ray He talked about this in a book he wrote 50 years ago called “Our Movies, Their Movies.” He wasn’t disparaging Indian cinema, he was simply comparing Indian filmmakers to foreign filmmakers. ”
The actor said Ray wishes audiences had more “insight” and emphasized the importance of audiences questioning filmmakers.
“Satyajit Ray said you need an angry audience, you need an audience that is curious. It is not right to always pander to the softest sensibilities of the audience,” he added.
As the actor further stated, “Our cinema is over 100 years old and our mainstream cinema continues to make the same kind of films. You will find many stories that are found in mainstream cinema.” We are waiting for positive changes in mainstream cinema. In Indian epics like ‘Mahabharata’, he is one of the greatest epics written. Every mainstream movie you see in India contains some kind of reference from ‘Mahabharata’. Either that or Shakespeare. All the clichés of mainstream Hindi cinema borrow heavily from Shakespeare. ”
The actor-director then moved on to artificial intelligence, which is taking the world by storm. The future of art and artists amidst the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and how things will move forward given that AI can perform tasks in minutes that would take humans days. , several questions arouse people’s interest.
People are uncertain about how things will turn out in the long run.
But Naseeruddin has an answer. He predicted that art and literature in the future would witness a kind of political awakening.
“As time progresses and we take into account the rise of generative artificial intelligence, art and literature will become more politically conscious. Painting a beautiful sunset is certainly not enough,” he told a news portal. Deaf,” he said.
However, he feels that in the bigger picture music will be less affected by AI: “Music has changed since the 1960s and 1970s, with metallic sounds, rock music, and rock music becoming industrial rock, alternative music. It evolved into rock” It’s not that artificial intelligence is needed for music to change, it’s one of the fastest self-evolving art forms. ”
Talking about ‘Man Woman Man Woman’ produced by Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, the senior actor said that after making his first film ‘Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota’. He revealed that he had actually decided not to direct his next movie. Until now.
He said, “I still don’t think I’ll ever make a feature film again, but this was something else.This film is based on a real-life event in which a dear friend of mine who is 65 years old meets an old man who is 70 years old.” It’s based on that,” he said. “I’m a widow on a dating site. They liked each other and decided to get married after a while. I’ve never seen my friend so happy in my life. This… Marriage brought happiness to her life.”
‘SparshThe actor wrote 10 drafts in a year, with input from his son Vivaan Shah and his wife. Ratna Pathak Shah Both have also appeared in movies.
“Older people also have the right to fall in love and be romantic,” he added.
As the world becomes more connected through the Internet revolution, much is constantly changing socially, economically, and politically. However, the actor feels that despite having access to knowledge now, the gap between generations is not closing.
“It’s still the same today, but the dynamics between generations have changed. Fathers today are willing to ask questions of their children. It’s no longer ‘I’m a father and everything’s fine,” he told a news portal. It’s not like, ‘I know,'” he said. . ”
He said: “The world is changing rapidly, so there’s nothing wrong with seeking information from children. Children are more accessible or have better knowledge about certain areas or subjects. .Learning makes us all better, my son Vivaan knows.”
Finally, he spoke about the cult classic ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’: Check it out while you work. ”
He continued, “It’s not that the process of working on this film was extremely grueling. I was used to working on movies with environments, mainly because at the time I was interested in method acting and things like that, and I had just graduated from film school, and I was only five or six years out of film school. It was a year.”
“I wanted logic, real emotion and everything needed to be in character. But later I realized that my director Kundan Shah was right about this film. “He knew exactly what he was making and what he wanted from his actors,” he said.
The senior actor donned the director’s hat for the second time with the recently released short film ‘Man Woman’. man and woman” feel that mainstream Indian cinema has not fulfilled its responsibility as an artistic medium.
“Mainstream cinema in our country has spoiled the taste buds of the audience forever. Satyajit the director,” he said in an interview with a news portal. Ray He talked about this in a book he wrote 50 years ago called “Our Movies, Their Movies.” He wasn’t disparaging Indian cinema, he was simply comparing Indian filmmakers to foreign filmmakers. ”
The actor said Ray wishes audiences had more “insight” and emphasized the importance of audiences questioning filmmakers.
“Satyajit Ray said you need an angry audience, you need an audience that is curious. It is not right to always pander to the softest sensibilities of the audience,” he added.
As the actor further stated, “Our cinema is over 100 years old and our mainstream cinema continues to make the same kind of films. You will find many stories that are found in mainstream cinema.” We are waiting for positive changes in mainstream cinema. In Indian epics like ‘Mahabharata’, he is one of the greatest epics written. Every mainstream movie you see in India contains some kind of reference from ‘Mahabharata’. Either that or Shakespeare. All the clichés of mainstream Hindi cinema borrow heavily from Shakespeare. ”
The actor-director then moved on to artificial intelligence, which is taking the world by storm. The future of art and artists amidst the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and how things will move forward given that AI can perform tasks in minutes that would take humans days. , several questions arouse people’s interest.
People are uncertain about how things will turn out in the long run.
But Naseeruddin has an answer. He predicted that art and literature in the future would witness a kind of political awakening.
“As time progresses and we take into account the rise of generative artificial intelligence, art and literature will become more politically conscious. Painting a beautiful sunset is certainly not enough,” he told a news portal. Deaf,” he said.
However, he feels that in the bigger picture music will be less affected by AI: “Music has changed since the 1960s and 1970s, with metallic sounds, rock music, and rock music becoming industrial rock, alternative music. It evolved into rock” It’s not that artificial intelligence is needed for music to change, it’s one of the fastest self-evolving art forms. ”
Talking about ‘Man Woman Man Woman’ produced by Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, the senior actor said that after making his first film ‘Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota’. He revealed that he had actually decided not to direct his next movie. Until now.
He said, “I still don’t think I’ll ever make a feature film again, but this was something else.This film is based on a real-life event in which a dear friend of mine who is 65 years old meets an old man who is 70 years old.” It’s based on that,” he said. “I’m a widow on a dating site. They liked each other and decided to get married after a while. I’ve never seen my friend so happy in my life. This… Marriage brought happiness to her life.”
‘SparshThe actor wrote 10 drafts in a year, with input from his son Vivaan Shah and his wife. Ratna Pathak Shah Both have also appeared in movies.
“Older people also have the right to fall in love and be romantic,” he added.
As the world becomes more connected through the Internet revolution, much is constantly changing socially, economically, and politically. However, the actor feels that despite having access to knowledge now, the gap between generations is not closing.
“It’s still the same today, but the dynamics between generations have changed. Fathers today are willing to ask questions of their children. It’s no longer ‘I’m a father and everything’s fine,” he told a news portal. It’s not like, ‘I know,'” he said. . ”
He said: “The world is changing rapidly, so there’s nothing wrong with seeking information from children. Children are more accessible or have better knowledge about certain areas or subjects. .Learning makes us all better, my son Vivaan knows.”
Finally, he spoke about the cult classic ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’: Check it out while you work. ”
He continued, “It’s not that the process of working on this film was extremely grueling. I was used to working on movies with environments, mainly because at the time I was interested in method acting and things like that, and I had just graduated from film school, and I was only five or six years out of film school. It was a year.”
“I wanted logic, real emotion and everything needed to be in character. But later I realized that my director Kundan Shah was right about this film. “He knew exactly what he was making and what he wanted from his actors,” he said.
